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28 of them succeeded. The earliest was in 1958 and the latest in 2026.
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April 29 in spaceflight
30 launches flew on April 29, the earliest of them in 1958, and 28 of them succeeded. Wikipedia lists 3 spaceflight and astronomy events on April 29. Pick another date to see what happened on it.
Recorded events
IN THE RECORD3ENTRIES
Spaceflight and astronomy entries from Wikipedia for this date, oldest first, starting in 1826.
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What happened on April 29
1826
In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A (pictured), which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.
Parramatta ↗
Launches on April 29Archive read 2026-11-05. Anything after that isn't listed here.
30 launches
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- 2026Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)SpXSUCCESS
- 2025Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)FAFAILURE
- 2025Vega-C | BiomassASASUCCESS
- 2025Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-10SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-16SpXSUCCESS
- 2022Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)VKSSUCCESS
- 2022Long March 2C | SuperView Neo 1-01 & 02CASCSUCCESS
- 2021Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink 24SpXSUCCESS
- 2021Long March 5B | TianheCASCSUCCESS
- 2021Vega | Pléiades Neo 3ASASUCCESS
- 2019Long March 4B | Tianhui-2-01CASCSUCCESS
- 2018New Shepard | NS-8BOSUCCESS
- 2015New Shepard | NS-1BOSUCCESS
- 2013SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise PF01VGSUCCESS
- 2012Long March 3B/E | Compass-M3 & Compass-M4CASCSUCCESS
- 2009Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2M 5VKSSUCCESS
- 1998Proton | US-KMO 4KhSCSUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz U | Yantar-1KFT 15RFSASUCCESS
- 1992Soyuz U | Resurs-F2 8VKSSUCCESS
- 1985Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-BLSOCSUCCESS
- 1982Tsiklon-2 | US-P 14CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Soyuz U | Yantar-4K1 2CCCPSUCCESS
- 1980Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16CCCPSUCCESS
- 1975Molniya-M | Molniya-1 29CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Kosmos-3M | Sfera 11CCCPSUCCESS
- 1974Voskhod | Zenit-4MK 24CCCPSUCCESS
- 1965Thor SLV-2A Agena D | KH-4A 19USAFSUCCESS
- 1965Scout X-4 | Beacon Explorer CNASASUCCESS
- 1962Thor DM-21 Agena-B | KH-4 3USAFSUCCESS
- 1958Vanguard | VanguardUSNFAILURE
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Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's tour of the universe and how we came to understand it. It keeps the science in.
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Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
Sagan's case for people leaving Earth one day, and an honest look at how hard that would be.
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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
A science-fiction novel from the author of The Martian, built around solving one engineering problem after another.
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